Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Ristken Software Services, LLC is a private company founded in 1998 that provides software to the automotive industry. Headquartered in the Dallas, Texas area, the company was established to deliver technology solutions for automotive dealerships and their associated service providers and agents. Information regarding its current employee count or revenue is not publicly available.
The company's core business is developing and selling enterprise software focused on the finance and insurance (F&I) and sales departments of auto dealerships. Its product suite includes "MenuPro," a web-based menu selling solution for presenting F&I products to customers; "Pro Tracking," a sales and finance reporting tool to monitor department productivity; and "eRating," which provides real-time quotes for aftermarket products like vehicle service contracts. Ristken's clients have included major automotive and insurance companies such as Ford and Zurich, in addition to thousands of individual dealerships across the U.S. and Canada.
Ristken Software's patent litigation history consists of defending its business operations. The company has been a defendant in one tracked patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This posture is consistent with that of an operating company being targeted by a patent assertion entity.
The single case tracked in our database is Sampo IP, LLC v. Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on May 13, 2013, in which Ristken Software was named as a co-defendant. In 2011, Ristken sold its Equity Driver biweekly auto payment services division to Payment Systems Group to concentrate on its core dealership software business.
A patent infringement suit filed by Sampo IP, LLC against five defendants including Ambit Energy and HomeAway. The provided narrative does not contain the case number or its outcome.